"Thanks to the valiant and good fighting of the army trained by the Yuan Chief, and the Wing De broke the bridge according to the water, calmly commanded, Zilong rushed into battle seven times before and after, and the party delayed the time, and we followed the lord all the way to the west, until Yun Chang came to respond, and did not encounter any pursuit."

Xu Shu told Zhang Xi with emotion that he finished the entire battle of Changbanpo.

After Zhang Fei broke the bridge according to the water, Cao Chun was frightened by Zhao Yun's assault and did not dare to attack the car formation with all his strength, plus Zhao Yun led the cavalry to kill three more times, not only Cao Chun and Cao Xiu were frightened, but most of the tiger and leopard riders were frightened and did not dare to fight with Zhao Yun.

After all, this subordinate doesn't have a unified enemy, so what are you going to do, send him to death?!

Therefore, the slaughter of the tiger and leopard cavalry was exhausted, and the attack was unfavorable, so Zhang Fei dragged until the reinforcements led by Guan Yu arrived.

As soon as Guan Yu's reinforcements arrived, Cao Chun knew that the general trend had gone, and understood that it was pointless to break the car formation now, so he led the remaining three thousand tigers and leopards to retreat directly, without giving Guan Yu any chance.

If Zhao Yun is suspected of taking his own head in the army, then the one who came, he is not suspicious, he can really do it, and there are examples.

If Guan Yu can lead reinforcements over, it means that Liu Bei has fled, and in this case, Cao Chuncai doesn't want to confront Guan Yu head-on.

One may not be able to fight, and the other is not good if you win.

Liu Bei ran away, even if he defeated Guan Yu, it would be considered a failure of the mission, if he accidentally injured Guan Yu, he would have to be nagged by Cao Cao, why bother.

At this point, the battle of Changbanpo ended, and Zhang Fei still broke the bridge according to the water and played a famous general's demeanor.

And Zhao Yun. Well, this time there is no need to be questioned, even the three victories that chased and killed Cao Xiu at the beginning, Zhao Yun this time was a real seven in and seven out, which made Cao Jun afraid to fight.

It's just that he doesn't have the reputation of the savior in danger, Zhang Xi feels a little sorry for Zhao Yun, but he feels as if he is not sorry.

In any case, although Zhang Xi did not experience the battle of Changbanpo in person, through Xu Shu's mouth, Zhang Xi could still imagine the difficulties and twists and turns.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Beijun was not scattered by the tiger and leopard cavalry, and the families of the officers and soldiers in the army were not separated, and even protected tens of thousands of people to march to the mouth of the Han River, waiting to go to Jiangxia to settle down again.

Arguably, this is already the best result.

But in Liu Bei's view, this was still a failure - he failed to block Cao Cao's southward movement in Fancheng, nor did he achieve his goal of entering Jiangling to defend against the enemy, and now he could only flee in a hurry and go to Jiangxia to join Liu Qi.

As for Liu Qi's attitude, Liu Bei was not too sure in his heart.

The time was too short, and Liu Bei felt that his own infiltration of Jiangxia was not large, so he held a secret meeting at Hanjinkou to discuss the way to act after reaching Jiangxia.

Zhang Xi and Chen Zhi both participated in this secret meeting, and reported the current situation in Jiangxia to Liu Bei at the meeting.

Zhang Xi, as the governor of Jiangxia, already controlled part of Jiangxia's military disposal, and Liu Qi did not show much vigilance in this regard.

Chen Zhi also had an army of 3,000 soldiers, and Chen Zhi could guarantee that these troops were loyal to Liu Bei.

As for the others. Chen has already been rebelled by Zhang Xi, and the more than 10,000 naval troops under his command are basically listening to Chen and not Liu Qi, although Su Fei is Liu Biao's person, he himself has euphemistically expressed his willingness to take refuge in Liu Bei, and he has already met Liu Bei.

The rest of the matter depends on whether Liu Bei can really absorb them and let them be used by Liu Bei.

As for the 7,000 people in Huang Jie's hands, Huang Jie will only think about his own power, he will not let go of his military power, but he will not fall to Liu Qi.

It can be said that most of Jiangxia's military power is already in Liu Bei's hands.

As for Jiangxia government affairs, this Zhang Xi doesn't know much about this, this is under Chen Zhen's control, but in terms of Liu Qi's personality and ability, how much government affairs and official appointment and dismissal power do you expect him to control in Jiangxia, that's too much to think about.

After Liu Bei figured out the actual situation of Jiang Xia, he suddenly felt much more relaxed.

Zhang Xi and the others couldn't have done a better job, under this condition, if Liu Bei couldn't control Jiangxia, then he wouldn't be the Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty who could make a comeback after being displaced.

Liu Beijun stayed at Hanjinkou for ten days, and after all the people had been sent to Jiangxia by the navy, Liu Bei took a boat by himself and led his soldiers south to Xiakou.

Liu Qi had already sent a letter and agreed to meet Liu Bei in Xiakou.

Liu Qi was already a little dazed at this time.

In less than a month, his father died, Liu Cong succeeded him, Cao's army went south, Liu Cong surrendered, and Liu Bei was defeated. The continuous blows have almost destroyed Liu Qi's already not too strong will.

Liu Qi is very panicked now, and is very worried that Cao Cao will take advantage of the situation to attack Jiangxia, and his life will be lost.

If it weren't for Chen Zhen's efforts to dissuade and comfort, Liu Qi might have collapsed sooner.

However, Liu Qi is a little stronger than Liu Cong, he does not have the clamp of the Jingzhou family by his side, and he will not be kidnapped by the Jingzhou family and make the decision to surrender directly, Liu Qi still does not want to give up the inheritance left by his father.

It's one thing to have the ability or not, it's another thing to choose to surrender without fighting.

But Liu Qi also knows his own ability, and knows that he is definitely not the opponent of the world-famous Prime Minister Cao Cheng, so now Liu Bei is his only lifeline.

Liu Qi personally went to Xiakou to greet Liu Bei, it was indeed out of sincerity, and he hoped that Liu Bei could help him block Cao Cao's southward pace.

After all, Liu Bei is also a famous hero in the world, although he also abandoned Xinye and went to Fancheng, and failed twice in a row, but Liu Qi had no choice.

Liu Bei is definitely stronger than him, if Liu Bei can't stop Cao Cao, then he Liu Qi is also in vain.

After the uncle and nephew met, they told each other a lot of heartfelt feelings, especially Liu Qi, who suddenly encountered these changes, he couldn't hold it anymore, and after seeing Liu Bei, he cried bitterly, Liu Bei comforted him for a long time before he finally stabilized his mood.

Then the uncle and nephew discussed it, and Liu Qi decided to let Liu Bei Tun soldiers Xiakou, Chen Dao, Zhang Xi and Wei Yan lead 3,000 people to assist Liu Bei, and at the same time ordered Chen Zaisha, the commander of the naval army, to respond to Liu Bei's orders against Cao Cao.

Only Liu Qi himself took Su Fei's 5,000 men to guard Xiling as Liu Bei's backup.

In fact, it is still Liu Biao's set, let Liu Bei resist Cao Cao in the front, and make a decision after observing the success or failure in the back.

The reason why Liu Bei was allowed to march to Xiakou was because Xiakou was the place where the Han River flowed into the Yangtze River, and if Cao Cao marched to the east, whether by water or land, he had to pass through Xiakou, and the geographical location here was very important.

Moreover, Liu Qi was a little more generous than Liu Biao, so he lent Liu Bei 3,000 men and horses, and let 10,000 sailors respond in Shaxian, which was much better than Liu Biao asking Liu Bei to lead his troops and horses to guard Xinye.

As for the seventy or eighty thousand people brought by Liu Bei, Liu Qi, who was the Taishou of Jiangxia, accepted it unceremoniously.

Now that the world is in turmoil, there is a shortage of people everywhere, and these 60,000 or 70,000 people, Liu Qi just used it to supplement the population of Exian and other places that have just experienced war, and it will not be left to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei didn't mind this, after all, Liu Qi's vision and means were like that, and he wouldn't think about buying the hearts of the people at all.

And these people all followed Liu Bei south from Jingbei all the way, and they were all protected by Liu Bei along the way. Do you need to ask who these people will approve of in the future?!

After the arrangements were made, Liu Qi immediately said goodbye to Liu Bei and returned to Xiling County. Xia Kou was too close to Cao Jun, and Liu Qi didn't have any sense of security here.

Liu Bei didn't force him to stay, Liu Qi was here, some things were not easy for him to do, Liu Qi was gone, and Liu Bei was easy to arrange.

After Liu Qi left, Zhang Xi and several others returned to Liu Bei's command, plus Chen Qi, a naval general recommended by Zhang Xi, Liu Bei specially hosted a banquet for these people.

Chen showed loyalty to Liu Bei on the spot, and Liu Bei still let Chen lead the army, and added him the official position of "Jingbei Zhonglang General".

This is another official position created by Liu Bei, after all, Guan Yudu is only a partial general, Wei Yan and Chen Zhi are only captains, and Chen is a new person, because he has mastered the navy, it is not easy to get such a general rank.

Besides, Chen was only a lieutenant under Huang Zu, and now he has been promoted to a miscellaneous general, no matter how you look at it, it can be regarded as reuse.

Chen was very satisfied with this, and he was also very grateful to Zhang Xi, but he didn't expect that they had been fighting side by side for half a month, and now they can have such a harvest.

In this way, Liu Bei temporarily stabilized in Xiakou and continued to train his men and horses to deal with Cao Cao's possible southward movement.

As for Cao Cao, he really didn't care about Liu Bei for the time being.

Cao Chun led the army to pursue and failed, and also lost a thousand tigers and leopards, Xu Huang and Man Chong led the army to intercept and kill Hanjinkou and was also defeated by Guan Yu, which made Cao Cao realize that Liu Bei was not without the strength to fight.

Therefore, Cao Cao did not plan to compete with Liu Bei for the time being, but focused on sorting out the situation in Jingzhou.

Jingzhou surrendered too quickly, causing Cao Cao to take over Jingzhou's affairs for a while, and he had to rely on the wealthy families in Jingzhou to complete it.

Cao Cao first appointed Liu Cong as the assassin of Qingzhou in the name of the Son of Heaven and asked Liu Cong to leave Jingzhou, so that he could better govern Jingzhou.

Of course, killing will not kill, Cao Cao has always been a person who pays equal attention to grace and power.

Against him, Cao Cao often does not show mercy and must cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but Cao Cao has always been preferential to those who surrender to him, so he just sent Liu Cong away, and he had no intention of killing Liu Cong.

And the Cai family and the Kuai family, the two Jingzhou families who advocated Liu Cong's surrender, Cai Mao and Cao Cao have an old friendship, and the two brothers Kuailiang and Kuai Yue are not only Jingzhou celebrities, but also have outstanding abilities, plus as the head snake of Jingzhou, Cao Cao has to reuse it to calm people's hearts.

After solving the problem of the family in Jingzhou, Cao Cao, with the assistance of the Jingzhou family, sent people to Nanjun and Jingnan to surrender.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Cao Cao really had no intention of sending troops to the east, and Liu Bei could breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

But Jiangdong can't breathe a little bit down now.

Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou and surrendered the rebels, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you will leave after conquering Jingzhou.

The surrender of the Jingzhou family has set an example for the Jiangdong family, causing a lot of discussion among the Jiangdong family, and the whole atmosphere is quite bad, and I feel that I may follow the example of the Jingzhou family at any time.

Sun Quan had a headache for this, a very headache.

Therefore, Sun Quan sent Lu Su across the river to Jiangxia.

is a banner of condolences to Liu Biao, but in fact, he came to Liu Bei's side to listen to the truth and reality.

not only to find out Cao Cao's reality, but also to find out whether Liu Bei and Liu Qi have the power and possibility to jointly fight against Cao Cao.

Sun Quan doesn't want to be Liu Cong, let alone Liu Cong.

(End of chapter)